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  • Vol. 1 #1
    Tops in Science Fiction (1953 Love Romances) Pulp Vol. 1 #1


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Vol. 1, No. 1 - Spring 1953. Reprints selected from Planet Stories. Leigh Brackett, Raymond Van Houten, Nelson Bond, Alfred Coppel, Ross Rocklynne, Ray Bradbury, Keith Bennett, Isaac Asimov. 7-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

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    $50 Tops in Science Fiction Pulp Vol. 1 #1, Mar 1953 VG-

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  • Vol. 1 #2
    Tops in Science Fiction (1953 Love Romances) Pulp Vol. 1 #2


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    Vol. 1, No. 2 - Fall 1953. Reprints selected from Planet Stories. 7-in. x 10-in., 128 pages, black and white (text with illustrations). 5.25" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dashiell Hammett, Reed Crandall, Edd Ashe, Marshall Goodman, Auriel Macfie, Dan Barry, Claude Moore, Bob Perry, Dilys Jones, Robert Fugi, Robert Lamont, Louis Jambor, Fred Kida, Tony DiPreta, Dick Briefer, George Tuska, George Hansen, A Benedig, Willis Thornton, Walter Halsey, Anton Nikola, Bill Kofoed, Billy Rose and Charles Biro. Much as EC did in the late '50s, publisher Lev Gleason launched this oversized anthology in the '40s in an attempt to attract a more sophisticated audience for their comics, but the world was not ready. A short story by "Maltese Falcon" author Dashiell Hammett. An excerpt from the autobiography of circus impresario Billy Rose. Purportedly true tales from the world of modeling. The Closet; Are You a Soft Touch?; I'll Buy That Girl; The Prize Was Death; You're on the Parole Board; How Sad Can a Sack Get; Gold Mine in a Sewer; There Must Be a Better Way; Our Explosive Children; Are We All Craze Crazy?; Under Our Skin; The Nine Lives of Citizen Train; The Joke on Eloise Morey; Helping the World Go Round; Times Square Interlude. 10 1/2-in. x 13 1/2-in., 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Tops The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series HC (2022 FB) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Edited by Michael T. Gilbert.

    From their inception in 1935, comic books - starring Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel - had been primarily written for and aimed at adolescents. There were always the occasional outlier artists who pushed back against the commercial constraints of comic books and envisioned the next evolutionary artistic leap in the artform: Charles Biro was one of those artists.

    In 1949, the ambitious Biro - who had previously co-created the realistically brutal comic Crime Does Not Pay- edited and wrote an oversized comic aimed at adults, called Tops. Like several other radical adult comics projects that would follow, it proved to be a commercial failure and lasted only two Life magazine-sized issues. The original comics have since become a legendary holy grail among comics fans and historians, fetching as much as $6,000 on the collector's market: written about but rarely seen and never reprinted. Until now.

    Fantagraphics' Tops collects both issues of these oversized experimental comics in their entirety. Some of the best craftsmen working in comics at that time drew these pulpy, sexy, and melodramatic stories: Dan Barry, George Tuska, and others. It includes two stunning pre-EC crime tales illustrated by Reed Crandall, reminiscent of his Crime SuspenStories work. Actor Melvyn Douglas (believe it or not) takes the reader on a tour of utopia, entitled "How Would You Live Under A World Government?" - a positive spin on global Socialism!

    A treasure trove of fascinating and revelatory comics history for scholars and fans, this compilation includes an introduction by the editor, the historian and cartoonist Michael T. Gilbert, as well as several other essays providing background on the creation of the series and the publisher, editors, and cartoonists who realized it. It includes a chronicle in essay form of experimental, adult comics endeavors throughout the first half of the 20th century. Tops is a landmark work of historical importance and a mind-boggling reading experience from a bygone era meticulously restored and reproduced in a deluxe hardcover in its originally published dimensions.

    Hardcover, 10-in. x 13-in., 160 pages, B&W.

    Cover price $49.99.

  • Issue #1ELIZARREZ.B.B
    WhyNot?! Willlie Cover Gallery (2024 Amaze/TopShelfComic.com) 1ELIZARREZ.B.B

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    Spot Color Edition Virgin Cover by Erik Elizarrez - limited to 50 copies. A collection of variant covers from the title "WhyNot?! Willie".

  • Issue #1
    Last of the Mohicans (1893 McLoughlin Bros.) Topsy Series 1

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    Part of McLoughlin Bros. Topsy Series of Die-cut childrens books. Each page of this story book is illustrated including 4 full page color illustrations. 4" x 8-3/4", 16 pages, PC/PB&W.

  • Vol. 1 #1

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  • Vol. 1 #12

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  • Vol. 1 #1

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    Volume 1, Issue 1 - March, 1954. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #2

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    Volume 1, Issue 2 - April, 1954. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #3

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    Volume 1, Issue 3 - May, 1954. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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    Volume 1, Issue 4 - June, 1954. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #5

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    Volume 1, Issue 5 - July, 1954. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #6

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    Volume 1, Issue 6 - September, 1954. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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    Volume 1, Issue 7 - October, 1954. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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    Volume 1, Issue 8 - November, 1954. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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    Volume 1, Issue 9 - December, 1954. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #10

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    Volume 1, Issue 10 - February, 1955. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #11

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    Volume 1, Issue 11 - March, 1955. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. 8" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #12
    Tops (1954-1956 J.B. Publishing) Magazine Vol. 1 #12


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    Volume 1, Issue 12 - April, 1955. Short-lived vintage men's interest magazine that features articles for bachelors, pin-up photographs, jokes, and cartoons. Pocket format, 4" x 5.5", 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #1
    Tops in Adventure (1952) 1

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    Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Bob Powell, Ralph Mayo, Ray Willner, George Olesen, Ed Silverman, Art Peddy, Mike Suchorsky, Edd Ashe, and Ed Jon Smalle. An anthology of past adventure comics from Ziff-Davis, rebound into a single volume. The eclectic mix includes sports, Western and sci-fi: He-Man (1952) #1, Football Thrills (1951) #1, The Hawk (1951 Ziff Davis/St. John) #3, and Crusader from Mars (1952) #2. A history of attempts to climb Mount Everest, written before the 1953 summit, with art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. A Bob Powell story about Paul Bunyan has the best title, perhaps of all time: "The He-est He-Man of the Them All." The Hawk stops a hanging, but that doesn't sit right with a group of vigilantes. Owlhoots ambush the Hawk and leave him to die in the desert. Martian criminals Tarka and Zira fight crime on Earth, as a form of cosmic community service. The Brave Belmonte; Winner Give All; Horror on Horseback; The Man Who Murdered an Empire; He-Man of a Mountain; We Who Are About to Die; The He-est He-Man of the Them All; Dead Man's Vengeance!; Leverett's Last Stand; The Disappearing Mustang; Killer Venom; Creatures of the Western Badlands; The Desert Rat: Trap for a Killer; The Little Sheriff : The Safe Guard; Dry River Rampage!; Harold "Red" Grange: The Famous 77; The Touchdown Twins; Jim Thorpe: Greatest Indian Athlete of All Time!; Tommy Touchdown; Gridiron Thrills; Johnny Lujack, The Shoe Filler; Grid Standouts; The Fighting Heart; From Red Grange's Sports Scrapbook; Night of Terror; Beachhead on Saturn's Ring; Astronomical Oddities!; Meteors: Terrible Missiles from Space; Fun in the Future; Prison Planet; The Space Bums: Venus or Bust. 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $100 Tops in Adventure #1, Ziff-Davis 1952 GD/VG 3.0 Golden Age Adventure

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  • Vol. 1 #1
    Tops in Human Highlights (1954 J.B. Publishing Corporation) Vol. 1 #1

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    Volume 1, issue 1 - March 1954. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. Gina Lollobrigida cover, and articles on a new test for Cancer, and the "Jekyll-Hyde of Comics" William Gaines, accompanied by a Wally Wood illustration. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 1 #3
    Tops in Human Highlights (1954 J.B. Publishing Corporation) Vol. 1 #3

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    Volume 1, issue 3 - May 1954. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. What Makes Men Unfaithful, the Closing of the Famed Burlesque club "The Howard," and a centerfold of Rita Gam. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 1 #4
    Tops in Human Highlights (1954 J.B. Publishing Corporation) Vol. 1 #4

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    Volume 1, issue 4 - June 1954. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. articles on Lee Sharon, Italian Actresses, and an article on Mickey Mantle. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 1 #5

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    Volume 1, issue 5 - July 1954. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 1 #6
    Tops in Human Highlights (1954 J.B. Publishing Corporation) Vol. 1 #6

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    Volume 1, issue 6 - September 1954. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 1 #7
    Tops in Human Highlights (1954 J.B. Publishing Corporation) Vol. 1 #7

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    Volume 1, issue 7 - October 1954. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 1 #8
    Tops in Human Highlights (1954 J.B. Publishing Corporation) Vol. 1 #8

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    Volume 1, issue 8 - November 1954. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 1 #9
    Tops in Human Highlights (1954 J.B. Publishing Corporation) Vol. 1 #9


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    Volume 1, issue 8 - November 1954. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 1 #10
    Tops in Human Highlights (1954 J.B. Publishing Corporation) Vol. 1 #10


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    • Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 1, issue 10 - February 1955. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. Articles on the Golden Gloves, "Pyramid Parties" and Humphrey Bogart. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 1 #11
    Tops in Human Highlights (1954 J.B. Publishing Corporation) Vol. 1 #11

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    Volume 1, issue 11 - March 1955. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. Articles including the pictorial article "Leonard's Magic Lens," on photographer Herman Leonard and the most dangerous job is sports - The Hockey Goalie. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 1 #12

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    Volume 1, issue 12 - April 1955. Digest sized news, and gossip magazine. Articles including How to Mambo by Arthur Murray, The Tragedy of the Third Sex and a look inside Ava Gardner's secret life. 4-in.x 5 1/2-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #1
    Tops in Humor (1944) 1

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    #2001 on cover Cover price $0.10.

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    $300 TOPS IN HUMOR #1 CGC 6.0 1944 WWII MILITARY COMIC DIGEST ONLY 1 ON CGC CENSUS

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  • Vol. 1 #1
    Tops in Western Stories (1953 Flying Stories) Pulp Vol. 1 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 1 #2
    Tops in Western Stories (1953 Flying Stories) Pulp Vol. 1 #2


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  • Issue #1
    Tops in Westerns (1940-1946 Warner) Pulp 1

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  • Issue #1-1ST
    Topside GN (2019 Graphic Universe) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Written by J.N. Monk. Art and cover by Harry Bogosian.

    A wild outer-space fantasy about fixing your mistakes and the friends you meet along the way.

    When Jo, a headstrong maintenance technician, makes an error that destabilizes her planet's core, she only knows one way to fix things: leaving her underground home for a trip to the planet's dangerous, unruly surface. Soon she's wandering through deserts, riding on the backs of giant beasts, and cutting deals with con artists and bounty hunters. Meanwhile, agents of the core are in hot pursuit. J. N. Monk and Harry Bogosian (co-creators of the web-comic StarHammer) present a wild outer-space fantasy about fixing your mistakes and the friends you meet along the way.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 200 pages, full color.

    Cover price $14.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Topsy Turvy TPB (2000 Eye Press) 1-1ST

    1st printing.

    By Peter Kuper.

    A collection of political comic strips that stare into the gaping jaws of hypocrisy and, without blinking, punch them in the funny bone! Topsy Turvy includes comics that have appeared in Time magazine, The New York Times opinion page, The Nation, and The New York Daily News among others, and brings them all together in this 80-page softcover collection! Peter Kuper's comics and illustrations appear everywhere from the covers of Time and Newsweek to MAD Magazine, where he has drawn the internationally famous Spy vs. Spy for over three years!

    Softcover, 7-in. x 8 1/2-in., 80 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #1
    Topsy-Turvy (1945) 1

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    Cover by Dan Gordon. Stories and art by Tommie Vincent, Roy Harmon, and Dan Gordon. Early teen comedy from publisher R.B. Leffingwell, featuring the debut of Dan Gordon's Cookie. The first appearance of Archie-like Cookie and his teen comedy cohorts, by cartoonist Dan Gordon. Cookie's drummer pal Jitterbuck drives his parents crazy practicing on his drums. Scissor-wielding madman Jack the Clipper stalks the city giving bad haircuts. To stop him, newsvendors and comic-book fans leap into action, in a story with many in-jokes for comics fans. Cookie; Jitterbuck; Jitterbuck Meets High Finance; Angelpuss; Cookie's Initiation; Ickey & Mickey: The Curious Case of Jack the Clipper. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $45 TOPSY-TURVY #1 1.5 GOLDEN AGE EARLY TEEN COMEDY RB LEFFINGWELL OW PGS 1945

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